Mr. NGUYEN TRUNG HUU, residing in Quarter 9, Ward 1, Dong Ha City: As long as we have strength, we will continue to cooperate with Quang Tri Newspaper.
Mr. Nguyen Trung Huu - Photo: TL
At the age of 88, although I am no longer as energetic as before, I still work hard on the pages, collaborating with Quang Tri Newspaper. For me, writing for Quang Tri Newspaper is a habit and also a source of joy and great spiritual encouragement. Every time I receive a free newspaper and see my name appear in it, my soul feels young again.
I am a retired teacher with 40 years of experience. When I was still on the podium, I had my first articles published in Thong Nhat Newspaper. Until now, I still remember the feeling of holding the newspaper in my hand, happy and proud to see the shape of my brainchild. However, because of the hustle and bustle of work and life, I had a period of time to put my writing aside.
In 1989, Quang Tri returned to its familiar name. Thanks to Quang Tri Newspaper, I was able to rekindle the joy of the bustling days. Through meetings and conversations, some cadres and reporters working at Quang Tri Newspaper at that time encouraged me to write articles to contribute. In order to not disappoint that affection, I started writing memoirs, short stories, poems... and sent them to the newspaper and they were selected for publication.
That was also the motivation, urging me to come back stronger, to write like never before. Thanks to that, there was a time when the leaders of Quang Tri Newspaper created conditions for me to be given a letter of introduction to the base to get materials to write articles. I also had unforgettable work trips with dedicated journalists.
From the fire that Quang Tri Newspaper ignited, I began to collaborate with many other newspapers. I myself also published many novels, memoirs, short stories, poems... However, Quang Tri Newspaper is always close, dear, and is the address I often think of first after finishing writing pages.
Time flies, now I am at a rare age, everything has changed quite a bit. To have articles to send to newspapers, sometimes, I have to ask my children and grandchildren to help me type. However, in all these years, my love for Quang Tri Newspaper has not changed.
Currently, I am one of the oldest contributors of Quang Tri Newspaper. Although I am weak, when I have the opportunity, I still ask my children and grandchildren to take me to visit the newspaper headquarters and attend contributor conferences.
For a long time, I have always considered Quang Tri Newspaper as my second home. There, I met many people who shared the same passion, desire to live, write and contribute. During the meetings, the leaders of Quang Tri Newspaper often sent me wishes for good health. Every time I received those wishes, I promised myself: "As long as I have strength, I will stick with Quang Tri Newspaper".
Faced with the demands of the new era, Quang Tri Newspaper will have to make changes. I hope that the newspaper will continue to develop, meeting the increasingly high demands of readers. I hope that the collective I have devoted so much love to will always maintain its inherent loyalty and humanity so that the contributors will become more deeply attached, considering Quang Tri Newspaper as a family.
Poet NGUYEN HUU QUY, Head of the Vietnam Writers Association of Quang Tri province: Quang Tri Newspaper, a loving bond
Poet Nguyen Huu Quy - Photo: NVCC
Among the newspapers and magazines that I have collaborated with, Quang Tri Newspaper has had the longest association, from the time I was a soldier of the Truong Son Corps stationed in Dong Ha town until now when I have become a retired senior officer of the army. I have always been a contributor, and I would like to admit that I am quite active in Quang Tri Newspaper. To say that is also close, intimate, with much joy and a bit of pride in it.
I collaborate with newspapers and magazines not because of their size, whether they are big or small, central or local, but simply because I love them or not. With Quang Tri Newspaper, I have enough love and trust to collaborate persistently and simply. That is the beautiful fate, the good fate of a writer with the hometown newspaper that he loves - a newspaper that always carries the breath and rhythm of life on a land that still bears many traces of war; a Party newspaper as we often call it but has a lot of literary quality. I write for Quang Tri Newspaper as a way to open my heart, empathize, and contemplate the land and people here through loving connections rather than the usual description, narration, and reflection.
I still remember the time when I was very shy when I cycled to deliver articles to the editorial office, was moved to tears when I saw the article published and until I became a close collaborator of the newspaper. It cannot be said differently, it was a journey, with many memories connected to my relationship with Quang Tri Newspaper, enough for the love and trust for each other in each article, in each choice of article placement and also in frank discussions about expertise.
Since then, I have had brothers, sisters, and friends who always understand and respect each other in life and writing regardless of age, circumstances, or work. That has given me both lasting and new inspirations during my collaboration with Quang Tri Newspaper.
The style of writing in a literary newspaper is probably my choice and it has been accepted and agreed upon by my brothers, sisters, and friends in the editorial board. I am grateful for that, honestly speaking, because it contributes to making my articles not fall into dry, difficult-to-read narrative, but instead have their own unique charm.
There are journalists from editors-in-chief to editors, reporters or administrative workers who have retired or are no longer around, but I still remember them very much, such as: Mr. Tran Trong Ton, Mr. Ha Phuong, Mr. Le Dac Di, friend Nguyen Tien Dat, friend Vo Lam Minh Tien... In the Quang Tri Newspaper team now, I also have many dear friends. I always respect them because in addition to being good at their profession, they are also very emotional, always treating their writers and readers with warmth.
In the near future, there will certainly be changes in the organization, but I believe that Quang Tri Newspaper with its selected and tested team will still fulfill its assigned tasks. And I, certainly, will continue to cooperate well with Quang Tri Newspaper as I have for so long, as my affection, as my responsibility, as a journalist writing for this land of great affection.
Journalist LE DUC DUC, Tuoi Tre Newspaper: "Years have passed but love remains"
Journalist Le Duc Duc - Photo: NVCC
In July 1989, Binh Tri Thien province was divided, marking the return of Quang Tri province to the national administrative map. For me, it was not just an administrative change but a profound beginning in my journalism career. At that time, I was about to enter my final year of university. Ms. Hoa Phuong, one of the core members preparing for the newspaper in those days, told me: "Please try to contribute a poem to the first issue". Every student writes poems about their hometown, but for me, the poem "The Soapberry Tree" appearing in the first issue published on July 13, 1989 will be an unforgettable mark!
From the first issue to now, Quang Tri Newspaper has gone through a 37-year journey with thousands of issues. I went from being a contributor to a reporter and then a contributor again, a whole period of deep and brilliant attachment. A year after the province was re-established, in 1990, I graduated from university. Although I had the opportunity to stay in school, the dream of rushing into reality urged me to pack up and return to my hometown.
In the early days, Quang Tri Newspaper did not have many pages, printed in black and white, one issue per week, and the machinery was rudimentary, but in return, it was a place where writers lived and wrote with all their hearts.
I started my writing with a broken bicycle, a notebook, a ballpoint pen and a passion to record every beat of life in my hometown. Each article was like a slice of my reviving hometown, like a part of my own flesh and blood sent onto the page.
Although I work at Tuoi Tre Newspaper, I have never separated my ties with the editorial office of my hometown. That is the reason why I continue to collaborate with Quang Tri Newspaper regularly. At Tuoi Tre Newspaper, I have been a reporter covering the border and islands for more than 20 years, closely connected to national sovereignty .
I had the opportunity to set foot in remote areas that not all provincial reporters could easily access. With that little advantage, I gave my hometown newspaper very personal stories from Truong Sa, from the northern border - the "fence" places of the Fatherland.
I believe that the presence, observation and retelling of stories from those sacred lands and seas will be like a deep whisper, both expanding the geographical and spiritual space with readers from home, and carrying the responsibility of inspiring that: Love for the homeland is not only through memories of war but also through a clear awareness of sovereignty today.
Now, Quang Tri Newspaper is preparing to enter a new phase, a new era with new opportunities for the country. I am still happy but I cannot help but feel a little sad. Change is necessary to join the general flow of modern journalism in the new era. However, in my mind, Quang Tri Newspaper will always be the place that gave me my “start”, the place that gives me joy when I see my name under each article, the place that just mentioning it brings back a whole world of memories of traveling and writing in my youth.
There will be many changes with the newspaper and the years ahead, but there is one thing I am always sure of: The spirit of journalism for the land and people of Quang Tri will last forever. Even if I go to places beyond the borders of the Fatherland, even if I write about a larger, more immense space, I will always have a private corner to write for Quang Tri Newspaper - a place I have never left, in my thoughts as well as in every stroke of the computer keys, like the poem of poet Vo Que: "The years go by but love still remains/Tomorrow, even if my hair turns white with thousands of reeds"...
Tay Long (performed)
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/gui-gam-tinh-yeu-cho-bao-quang-tri-194024.htm
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